Subject: Re: East-side Hutton's Vireo (fwd)
Date: Sep 12 13:27:20 1998
From: Eugene Hunn - hunnhome at accessone.com


Dan,

Most interesting. My sonograms are "V V V V V" for Seattle and "^
^ ^ ^ ^" for Wenas Creek. The east side calls were also slightly lower
in pitch, those for Seattle ranged from 3 to 5 MHZ; those from the east side
ranged from 2.2 to 4.2.

Gene

At 09:06 AM 9/10/98 -0700, you wrote:
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>Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 08:44:06 -0700
>From: spinetail at juno.com (Dan D Heyerly)
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>This summer in SE Arizona (6/22-7/9) I saw and heard many HUTTON'S
>VIREOS. I didn't see sonograms of any of the calling individuals I
>observed, but I did notice one thing in particular about their songs, and
>I mentioned it to a couple of people (I don't remember whom.), THEIR SONG
>SEEMED TO BE SUNG BACKWARDS (upside down?) also. The typical upward
>swinging "zu-weeep" that I have learned in W. Oregon was not the song I
>heard in Arizona. The HUVI in AZ gave a song with a definite descending
>pitch with the syllables (is that what they are called in "sonolang")
>seemingly sung in reverse order. The birds calling also appeared to be
>adult birds. It was different! Could the bird Mr. Hunn recorded possibly
>be a dispersed bird from another geographical location?
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>I have forwarded a copy of this message to Mr. Hunn.
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>Dan Heyerly
>Eugene, OR
>spinetail at juno.com
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>On Wed, 9 Sep 1998 21:42:35 -0700 Craig Corder <ccorder at EONI.COM> writes:
>>Obolers, I'm forwarding this report from Eugene Hunn.
>>His sighting was in central Washington, roughly north of The Dalles.
>>Craig Corder
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Eugene Hunn <hunnhome at accessone.com>
>>To: steppie at wolfenet.com <steppie at wolfenet.com>
>>Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>>Date: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 8:11 PM
>>Subject: Re: Hutton's Vireo
>>
>>>Andy & tweets:
>>>
>>>It was 27 May 1990. It was singing up the north fork above the Wenas
>>>Campground. I recorded it and have done a sonogram, which -- go
>>figure --
>>>looks very much like a Hutton's Vireo I recorded the next day in
>>Seattle,
>>>except that it's UPSIDE DOWN!
>>>
>>>I guess they must occasionally go wandering. I wonder if these fall
>>birds
>>>are all juveniles?
>>>
>>>Gene.
>>
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